Masschusetts Bail Fund doubling down in new statement, disregards public safety, will free dangerous people because they are "non-judgmental"

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Their new statement as of 8/12 *note: the board is 100% women https://www.massbailfund.org/news/free-them-all

The mission of the Massachusetts Bail Fund has always been to free people from jail. We are a non-judgmental, abolitionist bail fund. We post bail for people regardless of charge or court history.

It is a statistical rarity for a person released pretrial to be arrested and charged with a new offense while their original criminal case is pending. In a 2016 study, the Massachusetts Trial Court found that only 6.8% of tens of thousands of people released pretrial were arraigned on any new criminal charge while their original case was still open. In other words, 93% of released people were not charged with a new offense.

WTF is this shit? It's a statistical rarity because you don't have these shitbrains sjws springing them out without considering court history or charge. That's going to change because according to your own mission statement, you're only limited by your funds. Non-judgmental? WTF? How much kool-aid did they drink? This is just like NY when activists and politicians said this is a small price to pay towards addressing inequalities when they let out a pedo who struck again and a mentally ill groper who killed four homeless men.

Links: https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/08/11/rollins-defends-allowing-bail-for-mcclinton-slams-mass-bail-fund-again/

“By posting bail for the defendant without regard to the charges he was facing, and his prior convictions for similar behavior, the Massachusetts Bail Fund showed an incomprehensible disregard for public safety.”

https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/08/11/da-rollins-mass-bail-fund-criticism

In a statement, Rollins did not hold back in her criticism of the bail fund, calling its decision to post McClinton's bail "the act of a coward."

"I would have so much more respect for the Bail Fund if they had bailed him out and then let him stay in one of their homes. Because that’s what family members and friends usually do when they bail a loved one out," she said. "Not bail them out, set them loose on a community they don’t live in, and drive back to the safety of their homes.”

Incomprehensible disregard for public safety and for other women. Maybe this was exactly their plan, sic the most dangerous people still under bail on the public until bail is ended.

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[–]Spikygrasspod 14 insightful - 3 fun14 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 3 fun -  (7 children)

Erm. 6.8% of tens of thousands is quite a lot of people. Help me math here. Is it, like 680s of people?

And why the fuck is a twice-convicted rapist not locked up permanently? Can we please just free all the non-violent people who are in for stupid marijuana and traffic charges and throw the rapists in a deep well?

[–][deleted] 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Hey, they're "non-judgmental" you right-wing bigot /s

Can we please just free all the non-violent people who are in for stupid marijuana and traffic charges and throw the rapists in a deep well?

That's what most donors think they're donating to, small amounts of weed, parking tickets, and non-violent stuff, but this group comes out and even says in their new statement that their mission is Free them all.

https://www.massbailfund.org/news/free-them-all

[–]Spikygrasspod 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

If you're non judgmental you can't judge me for being judgemental. Come on. If you're going to do moral relativism do it all the way. Don't kink-shame my moral absolutism /s

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Of course they can, it's the paradox of tolerance, haven't you heard? The only true "facts" is the Word of the woke gods. You need some (re)education until you understand. /s

[–]our_team_is_winning 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

And why the fuck is a twice-convicted rapist not locked up permanently?

This reminds me of all the stories out of Europe about the "asylum seekers" who raped women and children, including little boys. If they were to be convicted of a crime that got them more than a two-year sentence, they would be ineligible for asylum (because these are clearly the kind of people you'd want to import permanently), so the judge would make sure their sentence was only eighteen months or so. Women and children be damned, right. People who pass bad checks seem to do more time in prison than rapists.

[–]Spikygrasspod 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Really???? But whyyyy? Why so much love and compassion for rapists? Gah, don't answer that, I think I already know.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Probably because they had women and children to take care of and the women didn’t have the education to take care of themselves and the children.

[–]our_team_is_winning 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The rapists had illiterate wives and children to take care of? Lock 'em up and throw away the key. Get the women and kids some help. Returning a rapist to them isn't the answer.

[–]CastleHoward 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I was raised in a hippie community and the worst crime a person could commit was being "judgemental". Child sexual abuse, child drug addiction, child neglect was all allowed because nobody was allowed to judge. To be a good person it is necessary to draw that line between acceptable and unacceptable behaviour.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Fucking hate hippies. As much as I hate religious fanatics. Both have undertones of abusive behaviors towards women and children. Every time I hear the “you shouldn’t judge” it’s by someone who has questionable ethics.

[–]MarkTwainiac 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Seems being "judgmental" and judicious is key to any society with a functioning legal system.

[–]StupidHappyPancakes 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is flat out chilling and I can't even bend my mind into enough of a pretzel to understand why anyone would think this is a good idea. Society has moved VERY quickly from "Let's strike down the laws against nonviolent drug offenses" to "All criminals are oppressed and must be freed," even though we haven't even completed the drug offenses part yet.